Gatland Announces Training Squad for RWC 2023
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyWales senior men’s head coach Waren Gatland has named a 54-player preliminary training squad for Rugby World Cup 2023. Players will start to come in for training sessions with Wales on a rolling...
Rob Baxter targets a vintage display as Exeter aim to taste victory in Bordeaux
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyRob Baxter accepts that Exeter will need to get “an awful lot right” when they tackle Heineken Champions Cup holders La Rochelle in this season’s semi-finals. But Exeter will arrive...
Chiefs side to face La Rochelle
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyExeter Chiefs Director of Rugby, Rob Baxter, has told his squad that will have to ‘dig deep’ if they are to make it to a second Heineken Champions Cup final. The 2020 winners head to France...
Exeter hope to end Stade Rochelais’ title defence
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyExeter Chiefs will need to overcome reigning champions Stade Rochelais in Bordeaux on Sunday if they are to reach the Heineken Champions Cup final for a second time. The semi-final between...
Ireland Women name team for Six Nations finale
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyHead Coach Greg McWilliams has named his Ireland Match Day Squad for Saturday’s final Women’s Six Nations clash against Scotland in Edinburgh (kick-off 7.30pm, live on Virgin Media...
Sale Sharks sign Stormers forward Ernst van Rhyn
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbySale Sharks have announced the signing of versatile South African forward Ernst van Rhyn on a three-year contract. The 25-year-old, who can play in the second-row or back-row, has signed a three-year...
Wales team to face Italy in 2023 Six Nations final round
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyWales Women’s senior team head coach Ioan Cunningham has selected his side for the Round 5 fixture in the TikTok Six Nations against Italy at the at Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma on Saturday, April...
Disciplinary: Dafydd Jenkins, Exeter Chiefs
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyThe case of Dafydd Jenkins, Exeter Chiefs, was heard yesterday by independent disciplinary panel chaired by Sir James Dingemans sitting with Mitch Read and Carl Bradshaw. Jenkins received a...
Stade Rochelais ‘can’t wait’ for Champions Cup semi-final
1 year ago by Ultimate RugbyStade Rochelais director of rugby Ronan O’Gara has admitted that his side “can’t wait” for Sunday’s sell-out Heineken Champions Cup semi-final with Exeter Chiefs at Bordeaux’s...